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The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Louis Vuitton, Risk & Ops, Lamplighter, Nardello

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

ParisLouis Vuitton opts for new security provider

ToulouseRisk&Ops opens Paris office

LondonLamplighter grows source network with boutique buy-outs

ParisNardello, ChapsVision, DGSE… Johanna Brousse draws a distinguished crowd

France
Digital interceptions: ANTENJ looks to protect its data

France's ANTENJ digital legal investigations techniques agency is looking for a private-sector solution to protect the data collected and stored in the course of investigations conducted by judges, and civilian and military police officers.

France
Aleph Networks acquired by French investment fund

A French court approved two bidders for the takeover of dark web research firm Aleph Networks, a service provider to the DGSE foreign intelligence agency. A French family office stood out.

France
French services' former dark web champion Aleph Networks on the market

The French dark web research specialist has been in administration since May. It is in talks with potential buyers ahead of the French commercial court's final verdict.

Poland
Warsaw steps up talks with European firms to free itself from Palantir

The Polish Ministry of Defence is stepping up consultations with European stakeholders in a bid to extricate itself from its proposed agreement with the US firm Palantir to acquire an AI-powered data processing platform.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI and Palantir, NSA reshuffle, US base in Micronesia, police-gendarmerie friction in France

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FrancePalantir still banned in some DGSI divisions, despite contract renewal

USQuiet reshuffle at head of NSA's military arm

MicronesiaUS lawyer to oversee talks on Yap base expansion

FranceSDAO's rise irks police

France, Morocco
Security clearance refusal threatens to cool warming Franco-Moroccan security ties

It appears that a refusal to grant security clearance to a French foreign ministry chief of staff resulting in her dismissal was motivated by her ties with Morocco, despite the fact the two countries collaborate closely over security matters.

France
New boss for France's legal wiretapping agency

A new boss is set to be named in the coming days at France's ANTENJ digital legal investigation techniques agency.

France
Finance ministry's Tracfin urges banks to file fewer SARs

Faced with an influx of suspicious activity reports and lacking a big data tool to process them, the French finance ministry's anti-money laundering unit in late 2025 asked the banking sector to restrict the number of SARs it files.

Europe
Palantir, Chapsvision, Octostar: the battle for European intelligence platforms is go

Faced with the Russian threat, several European countries want to acquire intelligence data processing platforms - which they are still lacking - in the very near future. Competition is intensifying between US, French and Italian players.

France
French military intelligence looks to La mètis for analytics tools

France's military intelligence directorate has launched a major outsourcing programme with the private sector. Among the 26 companies being contacted is a relatively new developer of artificial intelligence-powered tools, La mètis.

France
France honours boss of DGSI's big data provider

The French entrepreneur Olivier Dellenbach has been included on the Légion d'Honneur list for 14 July, on the nomination of France's Minister for the Economy Éric Lombard.